Mop



Dec. 24,1935. F] A. SPEIK ET AL- 2,025,554

MOP

Filed Nov. 9, 1953 3 Sheets-Sheet l jfv' VENTUR 5 7? K1 UEBES Jr N H- Dec. 24, 1935. F. A. SPEEK ET AL 325,554

MOP

Filed Nov. 9, i933 3 Sheets-Sheet f5 JAN/ENTERS TM? 2 m lJTTURNEYi Fat) Patented Dec. 24, 1935 PATENT OFFICE MOP Frederick A. Speik and Gertrude K. Forbes, South Pasadena, Calif.

Application November 9, 1933, Serial No. 697,234

2 Claims.

Our invention relates to a mop and, in particular, to the conventional house mop in which a swab, consisting of a plurality of strings or cords which are fastened together at their lower ends, is detachably secured by means of a clamping head to the end of a handle.

It is an object of this invention to provide a wringer permanently attached to the mop whereby the swab may be quickly and efficiently wrung whenever that operation becomes necessary or desirable and the wringer may be moved instantly out of interference with the swab.

With the above and other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceds, our invention consists of the construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings we have illustrated a preferred embodiment of our invention, and in which:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a mop provided with our wringer, parts being in section and parts being broken away, and showing the wringer in inoperative position.

Fig. 2 is a similar view to Fig. 1 showing the wringer removed from its position alongside the handle and in operative position wringing the swab.

Fig. 3 is a section on the line 33 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 1 showing a slightly modified form.

Fig. 5 is a front elevation showing the jaws of the clamping head of the mop and the lower part of the wringer, the swab being shown in section.

Fig. 6 is a front elevation of the wringer removed from the mop.

Fig. '7 shows a vertical section of another modification of our mop wringer with the wringer attachment in inoperative position.

Fig. 8 shows a similar view to Fig. 7 with the wringer attachment in operation.

Figs. 9 and 10 are sections on the line 9-9 and l[!l 6, respectively, of Fig. 7.

Figs. 11 and 12 are sections taken on the line I ll l and l2!2, respectively, of Fig. 8.

Referring to the drawings, l indicates a mop handle provided at its lower end with a clamping head shown as a unity by the numeral II. This clamping head consists of an upper stationary jaw member l2 provided with a ferrule 13 which is secured to the handle l0 and a lower movable jaw member I4 co-acting with the stationary jaw 12, the lower jaw l4 being provided with a pair of oppositely disposed arms l which are secured to a toggle lever 16, the lower end of which is secured to a compression spring I! encircling the handle I 0 whose lower end abuts against the ferrule l3. By throwing the lever IS in a clockwise direction the lower jaw M will be moved downwardly away from stationary jaw [2, as will be understood, while in the position shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 4 the tension of the spring I! will move the lower jaw 14 into clamping position to securely hold the swab IS.

The swab IE3 consists of an elongated, flexible mass of strings or fabric cords having the ends of the cords secured together, as by sewing through tapes IS. The ends of the swab are folded over each other. in the position shown in Fig. 1,

through the open jaws l2 and M, then clamped together to form a loop with one of the ends of 15 the swab within the loop as shown at and the other outside the loop as shown at 2|.

The mop thus far described is the subject matter of a copending application of one of the joint inventors, Gertude K. Forbes, for Mop, filed June 15, 1933, Serial No. 675,913, and while we prefer to use this type of mop any other suitable type of mop may be used in which the swab is in the form of a loop or where the outer end of the swab has the ends of the strings or cords fastened together.

The wringer for wringing the swab is shown as a unity in Fig. 6 removed from the mop and indicated by the numeral 22. It consists of a corrugated heavy wire or bar 23 having leg portions 24 extending at its outer ends at right angles thereto, leg portions 24 being bent again inwardly at 25 and then upwardly to form a loop 26 which is disposed within a handle grip El and securely fastened thereto by any suitable means, such as a ferrule 28 surrounding the lower part of the grip 2? and provided with a triangular head 29 enclosing the lower portion of the loop 26. The wringer 22 is associated with the mop by passing the ends of the swab l9 and 253 through the loop formed by the bar 23, legs 24, and members 25 so that the corrugated bar 23 lies adjacent the movable jaw member l4, as shown, in Figs. 1 and 4. The handle grip 21 is held adjacent and parallel to handle it by means of a spring clip 39 secured to the handle 16. The lower portion carrying the corrugated bar 23 is offset at an angle at 31 so that the bar 23 lies adjacent and parallel to the movable jaw M.

In Figs. 4 and 5 a modified form is shown in which movable jaw I l is provided with a downwardly extending channel or groove which is formed by a strip of. metal 32 bent about the movable jaw 14 for the reception of the upper ends of the corrugated parts of the bar 23, the

object being to hold-the corrugated bar 23 stationary in addition to the clamp so as not to interfere with the mopping operation of the swab. In the modification illustrated in Figs. 7 to 12, inclusive, the mop handle 49 is made hollow, consisting of an upper section 4| and a lower section 42 made of sheet metal. The clamping'head 43 consists of an upper, stationary, transverse member 44 provided with a collar 45 fitting within the lower end of the handle section 42 and to which it is secured by welding orany other suitable manner. The movable jaw member 46 coacting with the stationary jaw member 44 is operated by means of a toggle lever 41 pivoted to the upper end of a helical compression spring 48 encircling the lower end of the handle section 4 2. The mop wringer comprises a gear housing 48 connecting the adjacent'ends of handle sections 4| and 42 in which a beveled gear 49 is driven by a gear 50 in mesh therewith. A handle 5| fast gtozshaft 52 and secured to gear .59 imparts rotary mption to the driven bevel gear 49 through which ,a wringer rod 53 is slidably mounted. The rod 53 is provided at its upper end with a bearing 54 .slidfltbl-y engaging the inner wall of the handle section M. A handle grip 55 projects from the bearing 54 through a longitudinal slot '56 made in the face of the handle section 4|. A key slot ,53 is provided inthe'rod 53 in sliding engagement with a;key.581i n the gear 49. The lower end of the imdfl passes through a perforation 44' in the V stationary jaw .44 and is provided at its extreme lower end with a head 59 on which a mop gripper 6,0 mounted. The mop gripper Bil consists of ,a rectangular frame made of a metal bar comprising a member 5| mounted in head 59 for pivotal movement on a horizontal plane. From the ends of the member 6| short lateral members 62 dconnect theisame to a member 63 parallel to th The mop is used in the ordinary manner in mopping up a floor. Referring to the modification shown in Figs. 1, 4, and 5, when it is desired V to wring the swab the handle grip 21 is removed from the clip 30 and swung downwardly and into the position shown in Fig. 2. The lower end of handle in or the inner end of the swab is now grasped with one hand and the handle grip 21 isnow turned with the other hand so as to wring the water from the swab |8,as illustrated in Fig. ;2. The rotation of the handle grip 2| is now reversed to straighten out the loop in the swab l8 and the handle again moved into inoperative position on c p In the modification shown in Figs. 7 to 12, inclusive, the mop is used in the position shown in Fig. 7 when mopping the floor, It should be jaws so as to enable the member 63 to slip over the V extreme outer end of the seat 44 When it is desired to wring the mop the gripper 60 is re- The gripper frame 60 is swung on its 7 It may be necessary to compress the moved from its seat 44 and the rod 53 is now slid downwardly until the member 6| of the gripper 50 engages the inside end of the swab 64. 'When in this position the handle 5| is manually rotated thereby through the gears 50 and 49 imparting rotary motion to the rod 53 and also to r the gripper 69 whereby the swab 64 is twisted, as sh wn in i 8. the eb ompressin thez trsn o th web .64 a m in cut t at r- Tbe rotat n o he h n le 51 i n w versed unti he w b h s smeethh m .53 is ne moved u wardly into the position shownin Fig. fl

and the gripper is slipped on to its seat .42

Various changes may be made in the .constnuction and arrangement of parts by those'slgil-led in the art without departing from the spirit .of our invention as claimed.

We claim:

A wringing mop om ris n an lo a ed hollow handle, a wring-er rodslidably and rotata- .bly mounted in said handle and in retracted inoperative position pr 'ecting a shortdistance th h t lo er ee the t e s t et ie said rod and means to slidably extend it a greater distance through said lower end of the handle to wringing position, a looped mop swab, means ;for securing said looped mop swab to .the lower end of said'hand-le, a laterally extending proiecr. .tion-on the lower endof said handle, and a.closedloop frame swingably mounted on a transverse axis ,on the lower .end of said rod to embraceand secure the looped swab and to swing .over said projection to hold the rod in retracted inoperative position. 'A

A w in n men comprisin an s imm h l w han a w g r rod de a d d at bly mounted in said handle and in retracted in.- ra e pos tion proj cti a short distance through the lower end thereof, means to rotate s id ro d ean to d b ex endte ea er s a ce th u s id l wer n s-1 t e h nd e t wringing position, a looped mop swab, means for securing said looped mop swab .to the loweend of said handle, a closed loop frame swingably mounted on a transverse axis on the lower end .of said rod to embrace and to secure the looped swab and means'onsaid handleposi-tioned to engage said closed loop frame when ,the'latter is swung back into contact with said last named means to hold said rod in retracted inoperative position.

FREDERICK A. :SFEIK. -.GERYIRUDE K. FORBES. 

